Exchange with AEGEE-Kyїv

20 members of AEGEE-Kyїv came to Dresden for an exchange from 1st to 6th of May. We hosted them and organized a full-time 6-day program for them with many cultural activities, workshops and trips. The focus part of this exchange were the workshops and discussions about the current issues in Ukraine and Active Citizenship.

Our guests really enjoyed the time with us and also liked the guided city tours in Dresden, Leipzig and the hiking tour through the Sächsische Schweiz. After the awesome group dynamics started and all participants got to know each other, the content-related part of the event could be worked on in a very amicable and trusting ambience – everybody trusted everyone else, felt secure and therefore the delicate discussions about politics were very fruitful. Even the students that came to join our open-to-all discussions and workshops noticed this (-:

We started with a talk from Vitalii from AEGEE-Kyїv about Ukrainian media coverage of the politics in the Ukraine to lead us to a discussion about the differences to the media coverage we receive ourselves. After more successive discussions on different topics we held some workshops in the noble Ratssaal in the new IT faculty building.

Have a look at our Facebook page for a brief summary of the whole event in images.

We can’t wait to meet you again in Kyïv! See you all in Autumn Agora Kyїv 2015 (-:

We also want to say a big Thank You to the Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der TU Dresden e.V., the Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Fastenrath for making this event possible!

On the way to Sächsische Schweiz

On the way to Sächsische Schweiz

In front of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig

In front of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig